Mon Père Disait Lyrics in English Jacques Brel

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mon Père Disait by Jacques Brel from French to English.
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Mon père disait
my father used to say
'C'est l'vent du nord
'It's the north wind
Qui fait craquer les digues
Who cracks the dikes
A Scheveningen
In Scheveningen
A Scheveningen, petit
In Scheveningen, small
Tellement fort
So strong
Qu'on ne sait plus qui navigue
That we no longer know who is sailing
La mer du Nord
The North Sea
Ou bien les digues
Or the dykes
C'est le vent du nord
It's the north wind
Qui transperce les yeux
which pierces the eyes
Des hommes du nord
men from the north
Jeunes ou vieux
young or old
Pour faire chanter
To make sing
Des carillons de bleus
Chimes of blues
Venus du nord
Coming from the North
Au fond de leurs yeux'
Deep in their eyes
Mon père disait
my father used to say
'C'est le vent du nord
'It's the north wind
Qui fait tourner la Terre
who makes the earth go round
Autour de Bruges
Around Brugge
Autour de Bruges, petit
Around Bruges, small
C'est le vent du nord
It's the north wind
Qu'a raboté la terre
What has the earth planed
Autour des tours
Around the towers
Des tours de Bruges
Towers of Bruges
Et qui fait qu'nos filles
And who makes our daughters
Ont l'regard tranquille
Have a calm look
Des vieilles villes
old towns
Des vieilles villes
old towns
Qui fait qu'nos belles
Who makes our beautiful
Ont le cheveu fragile
have weak hair
De nos dentelles
Of our laces
De nos dentelles'
Of our lace
Mon père disait
my father used to say
'C'est le vent du nord
'It's the north wind
Qu'a fait craquer la terre
What made the earth crack
Entre Zeebruges
Between Zeebrugge
Entre Zeebruges, petit
Between Zeebrugge, small
C'est le vent du Nord
It's the north wind
Qu'a fait craquer la terre
What made the earth crack
Entre Zeebruges et l'Angleterre
Between Zeebrugge and England
Et Londres n'est plus
And London is no more
Comme avant le déluge
Like before the flood
Le point de Bruges
The point of Bruges
Narguant la mer
taunting the sea
Londres n'est plus
London is no more
Que le faubourg de Bruges
That the suburb of Bruges
Perdu en mer
lost at sea
Perdu en mer'
Lost at sea
Mais mon père disait
But my father said
'C'est le vent du nord
'It's the north wind
Qui portera en terre
who will bring to earth
Mon corps sans âme
My soulless body
Et sans colère
And without anger
C'est le vent du nord
It's the north wind
Qui portera en terre
who will bring to earth
Mon corps sans âme
My soulless body
Face à la mer
In front of the sea
C'est le vent du nord
It's the north wind
Qui me fera capitaine
Who will make me captain
D'un brise-lames
From a breakwater
Ou d'une baleine
Or a whale
C'est le vent du nord
It's the north wind
Qui me fera capitaine
Who will make me captain
D'un brise-larmes
Of a tear breaker
Pour ceux que j'aime'
For those I love
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